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Is May Day a lost tradition?…. The World’s Most Decadent Parties.
April 30th, 2008 categories: Luxury Real Estate
When I was a young girl, every year on the first of May a hanging basket filled with flowers was magically bestowed upon the doorknob of our front door. It was always a beautiful sight after a long winter, and always a surprise. As it turned out, there was an elderly woman living next door who was the ‘May Day fairy’ adorning our home and many of our neighbors homes with these heartwarming baskets.The first of May also happens to be my son’s birthday. It was a very happy event 18 years ago…. and it is hard to believe that today he will be eighteen. So many memories packed into those years and the first of May continues to be a wonderfully happy day in this household.
So when Forbes published it’s article entitled ’In Pictures: World’s Most Decadent Parties’ identifying these around the world global extravaganzas, I decided that - in the spirit my son’s eighteenth birthday and the wonderful tradition of May Day - this would be an appropriate time to write about these Most Glamorous Events. Trade in those winter blues for dancing shoes! These are the places to see and to be seen, offering glamor, glitz and a year full of memories. Mark your calendars!!!
New Years Eve, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Dec 31-Jan1
Carnival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Feb 2 - Feb 5
Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Feb 2 - Feb 5
Gay Pride Parade, San Francisco, CA USA June 28- June 29
The Running of the Bulls, Pamplona, Spain July 6 - July14
Bastille Day, Paris, France July 14
The Love Parade, Dortmund, Germany Aug 25 - Sep 1
Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany Sept 20 - Oct. 5
One more ‘Not-to-be-Missed’ in the eyes of the author, is LA’s ‘Grammy’ Celebrations. Typically the second Sunday in February, Los Angeles hosts this diamond and star-studded event. The red carpet is adorned with beautiful people and beautiful fashion. Only outdone by pinnacle musical performances by the world’s leading musical artists.
And where is May Day celebrated in fashion? Please post your comments….
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Luxurious Thought of the Day.
April 30th, 2008 categories: Luxury Real Estate
Largo: Do you lose as gracefully as you win?
James Bond: I don’t know, I’ve never lost.
James Bond, 007
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Luxurious Thought of the Day.
April 28th, 2008 categories: Luxurious Thought of the Day, Luxury Real Estate
The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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Make Money as the Dollar Falls…The Multicurrency Method is a Win-Win!
April 26th, 2008 categories: Luxury Real Estate
“The US is on sale!” That is what anyone with a mind on international real estate is saying right now. And it’s true! With a strong Euro and a strong Canadian dollar, there has never been a better time to invest in the US real estate market. Even if the real estate market stays the same or falls, with small shifts in currency the global investor has the opportunity to make money.
Rocket science? Not by a long shot. It’s basic instinct. Creative thinking. Currency fluctuations and swings in the real estate market can work together for the International Investor. This is the global advantage. And it can make millions.
One of my favorite online publications is International Living. Smart, savvy news, ideas and tips for people with an international outlook.
This week International Living published the following article on Multicurrency Investments. Gary Scott shares his investment secret.
There’s an old saying: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Enjoy the feast…!
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Don’t Light the Candles…The Ultimate Luxury for the Chocoholic
April 24th, 2008 categories: Luxurious Secrets, Luxury Real Estate
A night surrounded by Chocolate. Floor, walls, ceiling, table. Even renowned pieces of art have been recreated in chocolate — including Gustav Klimpt’s ‘The Kiss’ (above left) and a Nelson Pollack abstract (above right). That is what Godiva has created in the ‘ Godiva Decadence Suite’, recently mastered in Manhattan. Everything…and I mean everything…is made and inspired by chocolate. Chandeliers of chocolate crystal, candelabras of dark chocolate, novels on the book shelves laced with milk chocolate truffles, a chocolate daybed on which to lounge while savoring the chocolate feast surrounding you. This promotional extravaganza has been created by Godiva for one lucky winner. Located in New York’s Bryant Hotel, the grand prize is a flight for two to New York City and a ‘delicious’ weekend for two in the sensational chocolate suite. Coupled with a private chocolate tasting at Godiva by Godiva’s chocolatier Thierry Muret, a chocolate spa experience and a private gourmet meal with elegant wine served bedside in the suite. Oh….and I can’t forget….a one-year supply of Chocolate delivered to your home following your departure, Godiva of course.
The frosting? The experience is truly ‘one of a kind’. Following the weekend, the room is deconstructed so that no one else can share in the same decadent extravaganza.
What will they do next year??? Stay tuned, chocolate lovers.
Photo above: Actress Ali Larter tastes a mantelpiece made of chocolate in the 2008 Godiva Decadence Suite (Courtesy of Brisbane Times.)
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Hands on the merchandise!
April 18th, 2008 categories: Luxury Real Estate, Luxury Technologies
Surface Technology. The Wave of the Future. Microsoft has recently unveiled it’s hottest new product. A new type of computer that has arrived in the unusual form of - a coffee table. This project, code-named Milan, unveils an incredible new computer surface offering hands on browsing of photo-albums, maps and menus. Organize, drag, resize and play with photos as though they were real photos. Your hand becomes the mouse. A paradigm in computer technology. Multi-touch displays encouraging direct contact with the glass itself.
Mind blowing? Yes. This allows us to have direct interaction with objects on the surface of the table. The table combines physical with virtual worlds. It allows instant transfers of information between wireless devices. A whole new world. A whole new category of computers.
Don’t miss the wave.
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Lavish and divine…The US ‘Top Ten’ Most Expensive Homes
April 18th, 2008 categories: Luxury Real Estate
Location, location, location. The three cardinal rules of real estate. But what makes a home worth $75,000,000? The StyleGroup has ranked the US ‘top ten’ most expensive homes. At the top of the list, is Palm Beach magnate Nelson Peltz 60,000 square foot home. Next, Peter Guber is selling his home in Aspen for $63,000,000. Five of the next eight homes are located in New York. Washington and Los Angeles are there too. Read and enjoy. Don’t forget your checkbook.
http://www.thestylegroup.com/topten_homes.htm
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In Search of Seclusion; World’s 10 Most Romantic Hotels
April 17th, 2008 categories: Luxury Real Estate, Luxury Travel
Why, oh why, do I love Paris….. Though ranked number 2, L’Hotel, located in the heart of Paris, is seductive and an experience not to be missed. In the City of Romance.
Not to be outdone by nine others. Read Read the rest of this entry »
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A $1400 Mai Tai???? (World’s most decadent cocktails)
March 4th, 2008 categories: Luxury Real Estate
An Opulent Hotel in Northern Ireland. The glass looks pretty ordinary. “It’s all about the rum”, says Sean Muldoon, the potation manager of the Merchant Hotel in Belfast. And according to the Guinness Book of World Records, this $1400 Mai Tai is World’s Most Expensive Cocktail. As it should be! Apparently, there are only six bottles of this 17 year old Wray and Nephey rum from Kingston, Jamaica. Full-bodied, golden and pungent, this is the same rum that inspired “Trader Vic” Bergeron to create the original Mai-Tai (Tahitian for ‘the very best’) cocktail in Oakland, CA in 1944. And the Merchant Hotel has the only bottle available to the public.
Worth the trip? That’s up to you. Or you could always go to the Caouan Raffles Resort in the Grenadines, for a ’sword martini’. At $300, with a 14-karat handmade sword the size of a swizzle stick to take home, it seems like a bargain!
Simple Luxuries…for the most discerning and scrupulous.
Here are the winners:
http://www.forbes.com.home/2007/04/05/cocktail-expensive-decadent-forbeslife-
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